Aligning SCS Uvule with St Cyprian’s School’s needs

2021 marked the 150th anniversary of St Cyprian’s School. Anticipation of this milestone led to the call to action articulated in our mission. Critical conversations, which included reflection of past success, anticipation of future, sustained relevance and the desire to re-establish the base for the future coalesced into the identification of a new strategic vision with new strategic imperatives. The funding for the realisation of these imperatives, through the support of the past and present community, provides an opportunity to create a new legacy.

An independent, legal entity, SCS UVULE Fund enables the collection of funds to support the strategic vision of St Cyprian’s School. Its role is to assist the school to implement two imperatives, The SCS 150 Built Environment Campaign and The Diversity and Transformation Pathway.

These two whole-school imperatives, while di erent in approach, are aligned in purpose, and will materially impact the school’s future and longevity. To realise ambitions in constituting a more reflective student body, a more diverse sta complement, to build physical capacity, to expand an academic programme that extends to the Arts, Sport, boarding, growing citizenship and developing individuals, and to strengthen meaningful, reciprocally transformative and collegial partnerships with other schools, St Cyprian’s School will require financial assistance that cannot be fulfilled through the collection of school fees.

The SCS 150 Built Environment Campaign

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put into place the fundamentals of a transformed, functional, user-friendly campus that delivers on the physical and structural requirements of a student-centred environment. The infrastructural building programme will create a physical environment to facilitate the realisation of the mission while providing capacity to extend opportunity and fellowship to a wider sector of the Cape Town community.

Diversity for Transformation - Improving diversity in student intake requires the raising of bursary money; and advance the sharing of best practice, resources and facilities, requires funding.

Creating internships across the multi-disciplinary employment requirements of the school, needs funding.

Funding Partnerships - To create collegial partnerships with public schools and create fellowship and community to Transformative educational opportunities - To ensure that all students (regardless of socio-economic status) can capitalise on opportunities o ered by the school, a discretionary fund is required. Such opportunities will encompass the realms of academics, cultural pursuits, sport, technology, and Round Square.